Day 16 Tags - Vintage with a Dangle

After watching Andrea's day #8 tag youtube video I set off on a mission.

These are for the dangly bits.

I started putting some clusters together on the two tags.

Completed tags, three tags on each tag.

Second set completed.

Two butterfly themed sets.

And the last two.

Used a couple of mini safety pins for the bodies.

I put some threads behind this butterfly.

And some more threads around the mini postcard.

And these threads are wound around the tag.

And the same with this one two, it's wrapped around two tags.

And these are the tags with the dangle.

And the flower and number embellishment.

And this one looks like a rose inside a brooch casing.

And lastly all eight together.

So these are for day 16 of the #FABtag30day challenge.

Oriental Triptych

I created a triptych using a sizzix die to create the shape at the top.  Then I painted both sides black. Once dry, I stamped the bamboo images in silver paint.

Then I decorated the three front panels.

And here it is stood up.

Vintage Style Tags and Postcards

Unfortunately I didn't take a photo of the two 12 x 12 pieces of paper I started with.  They were awful and needed covering up with gesso!

Using scraps and some ephemera I created some postcards.

And some more and a couple of tags.

Once I'd taken the photos I decided they needed a bit more to finish them off.

So I added some random pieces of tissue tape.

Close ups of the postcards.

And the tags.

I used 3d foam to make the focal images pop out from the backgrounds.

Small Fabric Steampunk / Gothic Book

After I'd printed some images onto fabric and cut them up, I started to lay fabric and trims around them to start to build up a page.

I did the same for all of them and added a few emblishments.

Nothing is stuck down yet as I was still playing around with placement etc.

Ribbons, lace and ric-rak.

Once everything was glued down on the pages I played around with the placement of them and paired them up.

Then the pinkish set of pages.

And the next two pages, these are five and six.

And the last two pages.

I put the pages together in the same way I'd made the other two books sandwiching lace inbetween the layers. I laid out the pieces for the front and back covers. At this point, nothing is stuck down.

This is the front cover stitched and glued down with all embellishments attached.

And the back cover which I've left pretty plain as it needs to be flat when laid down.

And this is the spine which has been re-inforced with cardboard to give it extra strength.

And finally a view from the top with the book closed.

And this is the bottom.

This was a thank you gift for Sheilagh who very generously posted me a huge stash of fabric. I made her this because she showed an interest in the first one I'd made, but I couldn't give that one away.

This one is a little smaller and measures approx 6.5" x 9". I just hope she likes this one as much as the first one.

Playing with Tyvek

Hilda and I have never had any success in the past using Tyvek, but my Somerset Studio mag arrived this week and there was a techniques workshop using it, so I thought I'd give it a go and these are the results. I painted a piece of Tyvek and stitched it along with lots of other background materials. I 'hid' an image under the Tyvek. Then using my heatgun I melted the Tyvek to reveal some of the image underneath. I added some embellishments and decided to paint the crown and the heart in stream to give it some contrast. I attached everything to a white piece of card for stability.

This one was done in exactly the same way, but it hasn't burnt as well as the first one and was painted darker to start with, so there are shadows over the image which has made it hard to photograph, but it looks much better in real life. I also decided to see if my alteration dies would cut hessian, and they did, see the top right flower!!!!

Lotstodo - Vintage & Joy's Birthday

I decorated a clip photoframe for Joys birthday which was yesterday. It fits in perfectly with this weeks Lotstodo challenge